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New Vaccine Might Prevent Tuberculosis in HIV-Positive People

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George Maris

It is estimated that 1.8 million people died of tuberculosis in 2008. There were an estimated 9.4 million new cases of tuberculosis in 2008 of which the majority were in Asia and Africa. It is thought that the rates of new tuberculosis infections and deaths per capita have probably been falling globally for several years now. However, the total number of new tuberculosis cases is still slowly rising due to population growth.The global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) (Avert)

February 11, 2010 • Charlottesville VA

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